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    Why Do Old Books Have a Distinct Smell?
    The reason why old books have such a distinct smell is because hundreds of organic compounds in the pages break down over time and release chemicals that smell like almond, vanilla, and grass.
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    Kissing actually has the biological purpose of passing on biological information and chemical signals to assess mating possibilities and status.
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    Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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    A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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    Sound at the right vibration can bore holes through a solid object.
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    Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
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    Marie Curie, the Nobel prize winning scientist who discovered radium, died of radiation poisoning.
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    In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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